SCHOOLFOOD TRAINING
MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY
AUGUST 2010
MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY
TOPICS
MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS
MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
SCHOOLFOOD CODES
REPORTING MEALS SERVED
FORMER USM SCHOOLS
SCHOOLFOOD CONTACT INFORMATION
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SCHOOLFOOD TRAINING – MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROCEDURES (2010)
MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY
REQUIREMENTS
MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS
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Meal accountability procedures are required for
participating schools in foodservice program
To obtain federal and state reimbursement for
meals served, school personnel must
o Count all meals served to eligible students
o Record and claim actual meals served to
students by eligibility categories – free,
reduced and paid
o Maintain all documentation to support the
meals claimed for reimbursements
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MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS
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Point-of Service meal accountability begins on the
first day of school
Point-of Service procedures requires
o Meals to be served to students in an approved
location
o Assigned employee to count students by
eligibility as reimbursable meals are served
o Employee to record daily meal counts on weekly
SchoolFood Report of Meals Served form
o Schools to use daily reduced and paid meal
counts to determine meal fees to be collected
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MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS
New schools
o choose an approved accountability system
 Former USM schools
o choose an approved accountability system
 Prior year base year schools that will not continue
in USM program
o use same system from prior year, or
o choose new accountability system
 Current USM schools
o Use a clicker, or
o POS system or CAASS systems
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MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEMS
MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
 There are 2 types of meal accountability systems
o Manual systems
o Electronic systems – limited to select schools
 System chosen should be based on
o Number of participating students
o Class or grade levels
o Personnel required for meal counting and
cash collection
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MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
 MANUAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
o Use rosters to count participating students
 generated from student database – ATS (public
and charters) and NPSIS (non-public)
 list students in alphabetical order, by class or
grade
 display student eligibility using meal codes
 ELECTRONIC ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
o Computer based systems with terminals
o Use student data from ATS and NPSIS (database)
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MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
 There are 3 types of manual accountability
systems
o Name Roster
o Number Roster
o Permanent Meal Card
 There are 2 types of electronic accountability
systems
o POS ― Point-of-Sale System
o CAASS ― Comprehensive Attendance,
Administration, and Security System
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SCHOOLFOOD TRAINING – MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROCEDURES (2010)
APPROVED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
 MANUAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
o NAME ROSTER SYSTEMS
 ATS RWCL (WORKING CLASS LIST)
 ATS RMEA ( MEAL ROSTER) New!
 ATS RMEL (MEAL ELIGIBILITY
REPORT)
 NPSIS MEAL ROSTER
 MANUAL NAME ROSTER
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APPROVED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS
 MANUAL SYSTEMS
o NUMBER ROSTER SYSTEMS
 CLASS NUMBER ROSTER
 GRADE or SCHOOL NUMBER ROSTER
o PERMANENT MEAL CARD
 KEY TAG CARD
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APPROVED ACCOUNTABILITY METHODS
 ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
o POINT-OF-SALE (POS)
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SchoolFood system
Standard procedures
o Comprehensive Attendance,
Administration, and Security System
(CAASS)
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DOE school system
Standard procedures
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SchoolFood Codes
(SF Code)
NEW PROCEDURES FOR CAMPUS SCHOOLS
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Each school at a campus location will be
issued a separate SchoolFood Code (SF Code)
A SchoolFood Code can only be used at one
assigned school and address
A school with an annex or site at a different
address will be issued a separate SF code
Each D75, D79, LYFE and non-public UPK sites
will be issued separate SF codes
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SCHOOLFOOD TRAINING – MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROCEDURES (2010)
NEW PROCEDURES FOR CAMPUS SCHOOLS
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Principals will receive email with new SF codes
Principals will be responsible for reporting
meals served and cash collected for only their
students using new SF codes
Main and annex schools must report daily
meal counts and cash collected separately
Public schools with annexes and off sites must
update ATS RSIT with class information
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SCHOOLFOOD TRAINING – MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROCEDURES (2010)
REPORTING AND CLAIMING
MEALS SERVED
REPORTING MEALS SERVED
Each school will report meals served to only their
students using the assigned SchoolFood Code
Designated person performs Point-of-Service
accountability and prepares Report of Meals Served
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Elementary and Middle Schools – principal employee
High Schools – SchoolFood employee
The Report of Meals Served form is used to report
Breakfast , Lunch and Snack meal counts
Designated person complete Report of Meals Served
form weekly and submit to Principal for signature
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SCHOOLFOOD TRAINING – MEAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROCEDURES (2010)
REPORTING MEALS SERVED
Complete weekly Report of Meals Served form with
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Register (Source: ATS RGST)
Average Daily Attendance Daily (Source: ATS RSAL)
Free and Reduced eligibility data (Source: ATS RMEL)
Daily meal counts by eligibility categories - free, reduced and paid
(Source: Point-of-Service roster or POS/CAASS electronic systems)
Non-public schools obtain same data from NPSIS system
Principals review, sign and submit completed Report of Meals
Served form to SF Manager by each Tuesday
Late submission will count toward Office of Compliance
Services (OCS) non-compliance report and annual PPR (public
schools only)
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QUICK REFERECNE GUIDE (QRG)
REPORT OF MEALS SERVED FORM
 Each school is assigned a 5 –digit code, referred to as the
SchoolFood Code (SF Code)
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 The SchoolFood Code is used to identify and claim all meals
served at that location. Example: SF Code 01050
 Schools must fill out the weekly Report of Meals Served form
with the following:
2 School name and phone number
3 Borough
4 Friday’s Date in format: mm/dd/yy
5 Register
6 Average Daily Attendance (ADA)
7 Free and Reduced Eligibility
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 The Register and ADA must be obtained that week from the ATS
RGST and RSAL screens.
 Free and Reduced Eligibility must be obtained that week from
the last page of the ATS RMEL screen or report.
 Non-public schools will obtain same information from NPSIS
 The number of free or reduced-price meals served on any day
cannot exceed the free or reduced eligible data in ATS or NPSIS
 The total number of student meals served daily by category
cannot exceed the official attendance for that day.
 Explain on the back of the form any rare exceptions such as
students visiting or taking exams who are from another school
that will affect the register and meal counts.
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TRADITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROCEDURES – SCHOOLS EXITING USM PROGRAM
QUICK REFERECNE GUIDE (QRG)
ELIGIBILITY MEAL CODES
ATS and NPSIS - STUDENT ELIGIBILITY MEAL CODES AND MEANINGS
Meal Code A = Free (automatic computer match of children in
households receiving SNAP assistance – no application is required)
Meal Code 1 = Free (application, documents on file or categorical
status qualifies child for free meals)
Meal Code 2 = Reduced (application on file does not qualify child for
free meals)
Meal Code 3 = Full Price (application on file does not qualify child for
free or reduced-priced meals)
Meal Code 4 = Full Price (application on file with invalid or missing
information required to process form)
Meal Code 5 = Full Price (no application received)
Blank = Full Price (default for new student; no application received)
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FORMER USM SCHOOLS
FORMER UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS (USM) SCHOOLS
 Former USM Schools returning to traditional meal
accountability procedures
o will have no eligibility from the previous year
 Point-of Service procedures begins first day of school
o Schools must print and use ATS RWCL, RMEA or
RMEL rosters to record participating students for
breakfast and lunch daily
o POS or CAASS systems – schools must use system
o Elementary and Middle Schools – principal assigns
employee
o High Schools – SchoolFood assigns employee
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FORMER UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS (USM) SCHOOLS
Schools will report meal served in a different manner for
SEPTEMBER ONLY
 Principal employee will record only total meal counts on Report
of Meals Served form
 Principals must sign weekly Report of Meals Served form and
submit to SF Manager by each Tuesday
 Managers will review and apply free, reduced and paid
percentages and submit to SchoolFood Central office
 SchoolFood personnel assigned to Point-of-Service will
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Prepare Report of Meals Served form
o Obtain principal’s signature
o Submit to SchoolFood Central Office
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REPORTING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH MEAL COUNTS
OCTOBER TO JUNE
The daily meal counts recorded on the MIE-1 must be based on
the Point-of-Service systems actual daily counts at each school.
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A BREAKFAST :
 FREE (Line 1) → Enter the total number of breakfast
meals served to students who are free eligible based on
ATS.
 REDUCED PRICE (Line 2) → Enter the total number of
breakfast meals served to students who are reduced
eligible based on ATS.
 FULL PAID (Line 3) → Enter the total number of breakfast
meals served to students who are paid eligible based on
ATS.
 TOTAL (Line 4)→ Enter the total number of lunch meals
served. The total must be the sum of Lines 1+ 2+ 3.
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LUNCH :
 FREE (Line 5) → Enter the total number of lunch meals
served to students who are free eligible based on ATS.
 REDUCED PRICE (Line 6) → Enter the total number of
lunch meals served to students who are reduced eligible
based on ATS.
 FULL PAID (Line 7) → Enter the total number of lunch
meals served to students who are paid eligible based on
ATS.
 TOTAL (Line 8)→ Enter the total number of lunch meals
served. The total must be the sum of Lines 5+ 6+ 7.
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The preparer must sign and date the completed form.
D
The principal must sign and date indicating approval.
A
B
Lines 9 – 12 must remain blank if there is no After School Snack
program. See Slide 29 for instructions to report snack meals served.
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D
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 and ONLY DURING THE YEAR AFTER SCHOOL EXITS USM PROGRAM.
THESE PROCEDURES MUST BE IN EFFECT EACH SEPTEMBER THROUGH JUNE FOR EVERY
SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEAR AFTER EXITING THE USM PROGRAM .
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IMPORTANT DATES
AND
SCHOOLFOOD CONTACT
INFORMATION
SCHOOLFOOD SUPPORT
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SchoolFood will provide technical assistance
Support from SchoolFood staff at various levels
 Eligibility and Compliance Unit – citywide
level
 Regional Directors – borough level
 District Supervisors – district level
 Food Service Manager – school level
 Extended Help Desk hours → Sept thru
January
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DATES TO REMEMBER
 Important dates for schools
o September 8 – cash collection begins for all non USM
schools including last year base year schools — see
SchoolFood website for list
o September 24 – deadline for former USM schools to submit
applications to SchoolFood
o October 1 – cash collection begins for former USM schools —
see SchoolFood website for list
o October 18 – deadline for all non-USM schools to obtain new
applications from households including last year base year
schools
o October 22 – deadline to use prior year eligibility – see ATS
RMEA (new) and NPSIS School Rosters
o December 23 – deadline for meal codes to qualify for Title 1
funding
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SCHOOLFOOD CONTACT INFORMATION
SCHOOLFOOD WEBSITE : http://schools.nyc.gov/schoolfood
SCHOOLFOOD HELP DESK
 SCHOOLS: Call: (718) 707-4400 Fax: (718) 349-5463
Send email to: FoodCompliance@schools.nyc.gov
 HOUSEHOLDS: Call: (877) 363-6325 (877-DOE-MEAL)
Send email to: FoodCompliance@schools.nyc.gov
SCHOOLFOOD ELIGIBILITY & COMPLIANCE UNIT
TEL: (718) 707-4471  FAX: (718) 349-5463
NAME
TITLE
EMAIL ADDRESS
NADINE BROWN
CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER
NadineB@schools.nyc.gov
SAL D’ALESSIO
DEPUTY CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER
SDaless@schools.nyc.gov
GEORGIA ANGELAKIS
STUDENT ELIGIBILITY COORDINATOR
Gangela@schools.nyc.gov
BASIL CLARKE
COMPLIANCE SUPERVISOR
BClarke@schools.nyc.gov
INGRID MAN-SON -HING
COMPLIANCE ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR
TANEIA BEVANS
POINT-OF SALE (POS) SYSTEM MANAGER
IMansonhing@schools.nyc.gov
TBevans2@schools.nyc.gov
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